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The demographics of homeless in most communities mirror the demographics of the community at large.

My family volunteers frequently at two homeless shelters, which serve meals to the homeless in two different cities, one with a large black, American Indian and white population making up the largest percentage, the other city has a very diverse population. From my observation I would say that both of the shelters pretty much represent the population of their city.

Homelessness doesn't know skin color, many people have hard times for many different reasons, skin color is rarely the reason.

@THE_Godfather People of color – particularly African-Americans – are a minority that is particularly overrepresented. According the PBS Homeless Fact and Figures ’07, 41% are non-Hispanic whites (compared to 76% of the general population), 40% are African Americans (compared to 11% of the general population) 11% are Hispanic (compared to 9% of the general population) and 8% percent are Native American (compared to 1% of the general population).